Acts 1:7 (YLT)

Passage

and he said unto them, `It is not yours to know times or seasons that the Father did appoint in His own authority;

Nearby Context

Acts 1:5 because John, indeed, baptized with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit--after not many days.'

Acts 1:6 They, therefore, indeed, having come together, were questioning him, saying, `Lord, dost thou at this time restore the reign to Israel?'

Acts 1:7 and he said unto them, `It is not yours to know times or seasons that the Father did appoint in His own authority;

Acts 1:8 but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

Acts 1:9 And these things having said--they beholding--he was taken up, and a cloud did receive him up from their sight;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "yours", "times", "seasons", "father", "appoint", and "authority". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "yours", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "They therefore indeed having come together were..." into verse 8's "but ye shall receive power at the...", so "said" and "yours" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "said" and "yours" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.